National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-6423
Original release date:01/12/2008
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
** DISPUTED ** Unspecified vulnerability in mod_proxy_balancer for Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x before 2.2.7-dev, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to trigger memory corruption via a long URL. NOTE: the vendor could not reproduce this issue.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
- Official Statement from Red Hat (01/24/2008)
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mod_proxy_balancer is included in the version of Apache HTTP Server as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Application Stack v2. Red Hat was unable to reproduce this issue.
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External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080110 SecurityReason - Apache2 CSRF, XSS, Memory Corruption and Denial of Service Vulnerability
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 27236
External Source: SREASON
Name: 3523